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...In paying any expenses of park management and of improvements authorized by section 511.32 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may appropriate and use for these purposes any funds in the township treasury then unappropriated for any other purpose. If there are no available funds in the treasury or an insufficient amount to pay for the desired park management and improvements in any year, the boa...

...In townships composed of islands, and on one of which islands lands have been conveyed in trust for the benefit of the inhabitants of the island for use as a park, and a board of park trustees has been provided for the control of the park, the board of township trustees may create a tax district of the island to raise funds by taxation as provided under divisions (A) and (B) of this section. (A) For the care and ma...

...It is hereby declared that the proper construction and meaning of sections 511.18 to 511.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, heretofore, has been that the said boards of township park commissioners therein provided for, were officers of park districts coterminous with the geographic township, wherein they existed, that said boards of park commissioners constituted bodies politic and corporate, and that the offices of...

...The board of park commissioners or the township trustees may sell to an annexing municipality, upon terms and conditions mutually agreed upon, the whole or any part of any public square, public park, or grounds devoted to public uses for park purposes owned by such board or trustees when any such square, park, or grounds devoted to public uses for park purposes is or has been annexed by such municipality. Such board ...

...The board of township trustees of any township may make contributions of moneys, lands, supplies, equipment, office facilities, and other personal property or services to any board of park commissioners of a park district that is established pursuant to section 511.18 or Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code and whose territory overlaps the territory of the township in whole or in part, for the purposes of park planning,...

...(A) A board of township trustees by resolution may establish a township preservation commission. The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the board of township trustees. Initially, two members shall serve a term of one year, two members shall serve a term of two years, and three members shall serve a term of three years. All subsequent terms shall be for a period of three years. The board of townshi...

...A township preservation commission has the following duties: (A) Promote the importance of historic preservation throughout the unincorporated territory of the township; (B) Maintain a register of historic properties located within the unincorporated territory of the township. Upon recommendation of the commission, the board of township trustees by resolution may designate appropriate properties as registered pro...

...Within the unincorporated territory of a township that has established a township preservation commission under section 511.51 of the Revised Code, no person may alter the exterior of a registered property without first obtaining from the commission a certificate under division (C) of section 511.52 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates division (F) of section 511.23 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.